# What is the meaning for klass

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-for-klass/80904>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 1, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-for-klass/80904 "2007-01-01T19:41:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-for-klass/80904/1 "2007-01-01T19:41:27Z")

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Hi all,

Just out of curiosity: what is the meaning of klass in Pickaxe 2?

Thanks,

Li

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-for-klass/80904/2 "2007-01-01T19:45:52Z")

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On 1-Jan-07, at 1:41 PM, Li Chen wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Just out of curiosity: what is the meaning of klass in Pickaxe 2?

To avoid namespace collisions with the “class” keyword.